How to stop Google Chrome from running in the background

Guess what? The Google Chrome browser doesn't always close completely when you exit out of the last Chrome window. Sometimes -- depending on the add-ons and extensions you have installed -- the browser continues to run in the background, popping up notifications and allowing people in Google Hangouts to chat with you.

You might think this is pretty handy; maybe you want to get Facebook notifications when you have no browser windows open. Or you might think this is annoying, in which case, here's how you can fix it:

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1. Open up Google Chrome and check your taskbar. Find the small Chrome icon and click it.